珍惜来之不易的今天Thetideofwarisreceding。WhenItookoffice，roughly180，000AmericanswereservinginIraqandAfghanistan。Bytheendofthisyear，thatnumberwillbecutinhalf，anditwillcontinuetodecline。ThisiscriticalforthesovereigntyofIraqandAfghanistan。It’salsocriticaltothestrengthoftheUnitedStatesaswebuildournationathome。Moreover，wearepoisedtoendthesewarsfromapositionofstrength。Tenyearsago，therewasanopenwoundandtwistedsteel，abrokenheartinthecenterofthiscity。Today，asanewtowerisrisingatGroundZero，itsymbolizesNewYork’srenewal，evenasalQaedaisundermorepressurethaneverbefore。Itsleadershiphasbeendegraded。AndOsamabinLaden，amanwhomurderedthousandsofpeoplefromdozensofcountries，willneverendangerthepeaceoftheworldagain。So，yes，thishasbeenadifficultdecade。Buttoday，westandatacrossroadsofhistorywiththechancetomovedecisivelyinthedirectionofpeace。Todoso，wemustreturntothewisdomofthosewhocreatedthisinstitution。TheUnitedNations’FoundingChartercallsuponus，“touniteourstrengthtomaintaininternationalpeaceandsecurity。”AndArticle1ofthisGeneralAssembly’sUniversalDeclarationofHumanRightsremindsusthat，“Allhumanbeingsarebornfreeandequalindignityandinrights。”Thosebedrockbeliefs--intheresponsibilityofstates，andtherightsofmenandwomen--mustbeourguide。Andinthateffort，wehavereasontohope。Thisyearhasbeenatimeofextraordinarytransformation。Morenationshavesteppedforwardtomaintaininternationalpeaceandsecurity。Andmoreindividualsareclaimingtheiruniversalrighttoliveinfreedomanddignity。Oneyearago，IstoodatthispodiumandIcalledforanindependentPalestine。Ibelievedthen，andIbelievenow，thatthePalestinianpeopledeserveastateoftheirown。ButwhatIalsosaidisthatagenuinepeacecanonlyberealizedbetweentheIsraelisandthePalestiniansthemselves。Iknowthere’snostraightlinetothatprogress，nosinglepathtosuccess。Wecomefromdifferentcultures，andcarrywithusdifferenthistories。Butletusneverforgetthatevenaswegatherhereasheadsofdifferentgovernments，werepresentcitizenswhosharethesamebasicaspirations--tolivewithdignityandfreedom；梦之谷商城http://www.aiiaa.comtogetaned